Some are just searching for anything that will generate the plot they want with ``better'' workflow. It's subjective. TikZ can be off putting, if you don't wa

Some are just searching for anything that will generate the plot they want with ``better'' workflow. It's subjective. TikZ can be off putting, if you don't want to put the time in, or it doesn't meet some particular need you have. Inkscape is vast. draw.io is limited. 3D modelers, CAD programs, Python with its libs etc. I would say that LaTex and Penrose are compliments, as with any graphic generating tool. The creators of Penrose have this to say in the very first sentence of their introduction: "Typesetting software like LATEX and MathJax has accelerated the pace of scientific communication, but no equivalent exists for mathematical diagramming."